Once, one rich man, deciding to joke, gave a beggar a heavy basket filled with garbage. The beggar humbly took it and left. He threw out the garbage, carefully cleaned it and filled it with beautiful flowers. When he returned the basket to the rich man, he was surprised by its contents and asked a question:
- I gave you garbage, why are you giving me this basket with such beautiful flowers?
The beggar replied:
“Everyone gives to others what they have in their hearts.”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru